The effects of familiarity, orthographic neighbourhood density, letter-length and graphemic complexity on children's reading accuracy.

Six to seven year-old children, divided into two groups according to reading ability, read items designed to examine the effect of orthographic characteristics on reading accuracy. Two experiments were carried out using familiar words and nonwords as stimuli. The words and nonwords had comparable or...

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Published in:	British Journal of Psychology Vol. 93; no. 2; pp. 269 - 288
Main Authors:	Laxon, Veronica, Gallagher, Alison, Masterson, Jackie
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell May 2002
Subjects:	Children's language Familiarity (Psychology) English orthography & spelling Reading level of students
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